"I am deeply saddened by the passing away of Sarabjit Singh. He was a brave son of India who bore his tribulations with valiant fortitude," the prime minister said, adding it is "particularly regrettable" that the Pakistan government did not heed pleas of the Indian government, Sarabjit's family and of civil society in India and Pakistan to take a humanitarian view of this case

"I am deeply saddened by the passing away of Sarabjit Singh. He was a brave son of India who bore his tribulations with valiant fortitude," the prime minister said, adding it is "particularly regrettable" that the Pakistan government did not heed pleas of the Indian government, Sarabjit's family and of civil society in India and Pakistan to take a humanitarian view of this case. (BCCL/N Narasimha Murthy)

"I am deeply saddened by the passing away of Sarabjit Singh. He was a brave son of India who bore his tribulations with valiant fortitude," the prime minister said, adding it is "particularly regrettable" that the Pakistan government did not heed pleas of the Indian government, Sarabjit's family and of civil society in India and Pakistan to take a humanitarian view of this case. (BCCL/N Narasimha Murthy)

As a string of VIPs, including Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, went to pay their condolences to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the BJP upped the ante and demanded that diplomatic relations with Pakistan be scaled down

As a string of VIPs, including Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, went to pay their condolences to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the BJP upped the ante and demanded that diplomatic relations with Pakistan be scaled down. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

As a string of VIPs, including Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, went to pay their condolences to Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur, the BJP upped the ante and demanded that diplomatic relations with Pakistan be scaled down. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

Pakistani Punjab's care taker Chief Minister Najam Sethi admitted there was negligence in the case but no conspiracy or evidence to link it to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging

Pakistani Punjab's care taker Chief Minister Najam Sethi admitted there was negligence in the case but no conspiracy or evidence to link it to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. "I have not seen any evidence of this sort. I've just come in and I've not seen the earlier files," Sethi told a news channel in response to a query.

Pakistani Punjab's care taker Chief Minister Najam Sethi admitted there was negligence in the case but no conspiracy or evidence to link it to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging. "I have not seen any evidence of this sort. I've just come in and I've not seen the earlier files," Sethi told a news channel in response to a query.